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■only 1 . between the inteiniediate and submedian marginal spines of the 

 telson. which is usually wider than long ; and the outer spines of the basal 

 prolongation of the uropod usually longer than the inner one." (Bigelow.) 



Lysiosquilla spinosa (Wood -Mason). 



Coionis spinosa Wood-Mason, Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 1875, p. 232. 

 Lysiosquilla spinosa Chilton, Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 23, p. 61, 1891 

 (with synonymy). 



This species is fully described in my previous paper quoted above. Since 

 then I have seen specimens in the Otago Museum from Resolution Island, 

 -dug in the sand'" (R. Henry, 1900). and Stewart Island (T. J. Parker) ; 

 one imperfect specimen was obtained during the cruise of the trawler " Nora 

 Niven "" (Waite), and quite recently Miss S. D. Shand has sent me a speci- 

 nieu from the Chatham Islands. 



I give a figure of the telson and uropod for comparison with those of the 

 other species. 



Lysiosquilla brazieri Miers. 



Li/siosquilla brazieri Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5). vol. 5, p. 11, pi. 1, 

 ' figs 3-6, 1880 ; Haswell, Cat. Aust. Crust., p. 206, 1882. 



Two dried specimens in the Wanganui Public Museum, which have 

 kindly been placed at my disposal by the Curator, Mr. H. W. Hesse, seem 

 certainly to belong to this species, agreeing well with the figures and de- 

 scription given by Miers, except that there are only 10 spinules on each side 

 on the posterior margin of the terminal segment instead of 14 ; there is also 

 a slight median sinus. 



As Miers pointed out, this species is evidently closely allied to L. lati- 

 irons De Haan, and the two specimens that I have been able to examine 

 seem to connect these two species still more, for they bear only 10 minute 

 spinules. as in L. latifrons. and there is a slight indication of a sinus on 

 the posterior margin of the terminal segment ; they agree, however, with 

 L. brazieri in having the appendages of the last pair of thoracic limbs almost 

 linear, while these are described as being ovate in L. latifrons. 



I think there is probably little doubt that these two species should be 

 combined, but as I have only two imperfect dried specimens, and am unable 

 to consult any description of L. latifrons beyond that given by Miers. I 

 leave the decision of this question open for the present. 



A specimen of this species was sent to me in 1894 by the late Mr. S. H. 

 Drew, then Curator of the Wanganui Public Museum, who informed me 

 that in 1885 thousands were washed ashore at Otaki, the beach being strewn 

 for miles after a heavy south-west gale, the animal never having been seen 

 before or since. The specimen I then examined was a very imperfect one. 

 and I was unable to identify it and merely recorded in my note-book 

 that it differed considerably from L. spinosa in the arrangement of the 

 spines on the terminal segments. The two specimens now examined are 

 evidently from the same lot. having been obtained at Otaki in 1885 by 

 Mr. Lee, and they have enabled me to identify the species as above. I 

 have seen no other specimens. 



. L. brazieri is recorded from Port Jackson, New South Wales : L. latifrons 

 from Japan. 



